League of Women Voters Joins Case Opposing Criminal Penalties for Voter Eligibility Confusion
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 23 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release:
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- Returning citizens do not deserve jail time for mistakenly casting a vote
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Today, the League of Women Voters of Texas joined as amicus in Mason-Hobbs v. Texas, arguing that genuine confusion around voter eligibility does not violate Texas state law. The brief is filed in support of Ms. Mason-Hobbs, a returning citizen who was sentenced to fi . . .
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- Returning citizens do not deserve jail time for mistakenly casting a vote
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Today, the League of Women Voters of Texas joined as amicus in Mason-Hobbs v. Texas, arguing that genuine confusion around voter eligibility does not violate Texas state law. The brief is filed in support of Ms. Mason-Hobbs, a returning citizen who was sentenced to fi . . .